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The males are penciled greyish with chestnut head and brood metallic green band running backward from eye to nape bordered above and below by whitish lines. It has tricoloured wing speculum black, green and buff. The females are mottled dark and light brown with pale underparts and black and green speculum. They can be seen in flocks on tanks and marshes etc. They are largely vegetarian grubbing for grain and tendered shoots of rice and marsh plants in the squelchy mud of inundated paddy fields and grassy tank margins.
Its nesting period is from April to June in Palaearctic region. Their nests are made of reeds rushes, etc. Eggs are creamy coloured with a glossy texture.
Where to look for in IIT? Oxidation Ponds and the Lake |
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